Bombs Dropped Near Steamer in English Channel. Closed Frontiers. Germany on Neutrality. LONDON, Nov. 12
From an altitude of 12,000 feet, a German plane dropped two bombs, one of which…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939
98 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 5
Steamer Not Bombed Channel Incident Explained LONDON
The report that a Channel s.earner in route from France to . England, was bombed. Is now denied. It appears that a -plane [?]ew over…
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At 1300-tons British cargo vessel was sunk in the Atlantic by a German submarine. The crew was rescued by a trawler…
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The German steamer, Gloria, which was captured at the end of last month, with 5000 tons of cargo, including wheat, has been brought to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100 Lives Lost Dutch Steamer Mined North Sea Tragedy London
THE biggest civil shipping disaster in the war occurred when the Dutch steamer, Simon Bolivar, was sunk by s mine in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →I.R.A. Outrages Bombs Wreck Phone Boxes Many Thought It Air. Raid LONDON
I. R. A. bombs wrecked a number of telephone boxes in London and Birmingham in the early hours of the morning violent…
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Twenty-two were drowned, including the captain and a majority of apprentices, when the Liverpool No. 1 pilot boat was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany Retaliates by Seizing Coal Steamer London
A German warship seized the Danish steamer, Cyril, while it was waiting for a pilot outside Stockholm. The Cyril was carrying a cargo of coal from Britain. The incident is interpreted as Germany's first reply to the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer on Rocks New Zealand Disaster WELLINGTON. N.Z., Wed
The cargo steamer, Waiko[?] (3936 tons) struck the rock: off Day Island near The Bluff last night and is still hard and fast. The vessel may…
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THE captain of a German steamer of 5921 tons set fire to the vessel, when it was on the point of being captured off the coast of…
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The British Navy captured the German steamer, Eilbeck, also a 250-ton trawler, Sophie Bu[?] It was reported in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£16,000 DAMAGE Thieves Wreck Office MELBOURNE
Thieves who entered F. W. Niven's Printing works in F[?]ders Street early this morning inse[?] so much explosive into the keyhole of the sale that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blockade for Finland Soviet Action to Begin To-day Troop Concentrations Disturb Turkey U-boat Sinking of Dutch Steamer London
The Soviet has decided to blockade Finland as from noon to-morrow. Meanwhile the Baltic republic is maintaining a stout defence. Russian troop movements along the borders…
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A JAPANESE steamer from Rotterdam carrying Chairman manufactures was held up by the British Board of Contraband…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Burn School Gang of Boys at Work Rooms Wrecked Sydney
The police believe that an attempt to burn down St. Peter's Public School yesterday. was the work of a gang of boys who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sea Warfare U-boat Torpedoes Steamer No Warning London
A U-boat sank the steamer, Stanholme, 2473 tons without warning on Christmas morning, three hours after the ship had left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thirty-four Drown Shipwrecks in Black Sea ISTANBUL
Thirty-four lives were lost when two vessels foundered in the Black Sea in a violent storm. The ships were the Kizilirmak. with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tales of Wrecked Ships Life of Veteran Diver
Will along the sixtles. now [?]ving contentedly at Greenwich is Mr. Jonn William Thomas, whose career as a diver covered a period of four years…
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